New Jersey State Building & Construction Trades Council

Endorsed 8 candidates in 2026.

Who they are

The Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD), commonly known as North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU), is a trade department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) with 14 affiliated labor unions in the building trades. It was originally founded by the American Federation of Labor in 1907.

From Wikipedia.

Where their endorsements fall

Of the 8 endorsed candidates on our ballots: 1 Republican, 7 Democrats.

The 8 with a published academic score (Voteview, Shor–McCarty or DIME) average slightly left. This describes the candidates they endorsed, not New Jersey State Building & Construction Trades Council themselves.

Who they endorsed

New Jersey

Donald Norcross (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 1
Herb Conaway (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 3
Chris Smith (Republican) · New Jersey U.S. House District 4
Josh Gottheimer (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 5
Frank Pallone (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 6
Rob Menendez (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 8
Nellie Pou (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. House District 9
Cory Booker (Democrat) · New Jersey U.S. Senate

Endorsements as listed in the Endorsements sections of Wikipedia's 2026 race articles, each with its own citation there. Those lists cover federal and statewide races well and local races little, so an endorser may have endorsed others not shown here. All endorsers.

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